The NTSB is holding a field hearing on the February Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, focusing on emergency response and the decision to release toxic vinyl chloride.
The fire chiefs whose departments were the first on scene ofin eastern Ohio agree that firefighters need more training about hazardous chemicals, but that it would be hard for them ever to be fully prepared to deal with a disaster of this magnitude.
East Palestine Fire Chief Keith Drabick said there was a consensus in the command center that releasing the chemicals from the cars and burning them was the"least bad option." But Drabick and other first responders who testified at the hearing agreed that firefighters need more training — particularly volunteer firefighters who were first on the scene after the derailment — on how to handle hazardous materials.
The fire chiefs said the initial response to the derailment was complicated because the radios used by the different departments don't work with each other. The railroad has been digging up and removing contaminated soil and water from the derailment site. The Environmental Protection Agency and Ohio officials are overseeing the cleanup.
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